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Yusuf Kemal Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Yusuf Kemal Efendi was born in Kemah. Work began in Kemah in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The first annual entry, for 1890/91, places Yusuf Kemal in Kemah, the birthplace, as tapu kalemi mülazımı. The lists have no entry for 1891 to 1901. The last posts were in Refahiye and Erzincan from 1901 to 1906 and Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in 1906/07.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 510 kuruş a month in 1903/04, in Erzincan, when 62 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 4 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1901/021903/041906/071234KemahRefahiyeErzincanŞebinkarahisar
  1. Kemah

    First work 1890/91 (AH 1308); 1890/91 (AH 1308)

    tapu kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  2. Refahiye

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    No annual entry for 1891 to 1901 (AH 1309 to 1318) before it.

    tapu kâtibi

    entries in 1 year

  3. Erzincan

    1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)

    No annual entry for 1902/03 (AH 1320) before it.

    Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuru 1903/04 (AH 1321); Meclis-i İdare aşar kalemi memuru 1905/06 (AH 1323)

    510 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1904/05 (AH 1322).

  4. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Defter-i Hakani kalemi kâtibi

    380 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02004006001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324510 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Yusuf Kemal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/0451040550062%
1906/0738045030040%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Yusuf Kemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First workKemah
1890/91AH 1308tapu kalemi mülazımıKemah
No annual entry: 1891 to 1901 (AH 1309 to 1318)
1901/02AH 1319tapu kâtibiRefahiye
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903/04AH 1321Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1903/04510
1903/04
Erzincan510
No annual entry: 1904/05 (AH 1322)
1905/06AH 1323Meclis-i İdare aşar kalemi memuruErzincan
1906/07AH 1324Defter-i Hakani kalemi kâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)380

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kemah

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Place
Kemah

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 9 officials with entries in Erzincan in the same years, 8 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Kemal Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 88 officials with entries in Erzincan

Same birthplace

Of the 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Kemal Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Kemal Efendi had the 55th highest salary of them.

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Kemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308tapu kalemi mülazımıKemahAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.
1901/02AH 1319tapu kâtibiRefahiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.
1903/04AH 1321Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuruErzincan510Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.
1903/04AH 1321Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)ErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.
1905/06AH 1323Meclis-i İdare aşar kalemi memuruErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.
1906/07AH 1324Defter-i Hakani kalemi kâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Yusuf Kemal Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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